Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 13,007, Solomon Fenton, Conn.

SERVICE
born.
Fenton, Solomon
NUMBER
S. 13007
CONTENTS
carded

Connecticut
Solomon Henton
of Willington in the State of Conn who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Miller of the Infantry commanded by Colonel Webb in the Connecticut line, for the term of 9 years from May 17 th to 17
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of Eight Dollars per month  annum , to commence on the 1 st day of Mar 1882 and
Certificate of Pension issued the 22 nd of August 1882 and sent to  Elizur Stearns  Holland Co Conn
the Roll on  day of 182 and notification sent to at Pension commencing on the of 182
Amount due on 4th of Mar 1882  80 semi annual due  Sept " 40 8120
{ Revolutionary Claim, Acts March 18, 1818, May 1, 1820. }
June 1882
Recorded (Book 2)
Vol 6 Page 41-
Rate of death not on file

Torrencia 60 July 19
Residence Office
July 24 1832
St. Louis
Von Louis Bass
Secretary of War
Washington
580 per annum

state of Connecticut County of Tolland ss. Tolland July 18 1832 Then Personally appeared before me the Subscribed Justice of the Peace for the County of Tolland of age Solomon Fenton of Willington in said County aged 73 years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following statement & declaration in order to have his name restored to the Pension roll & to obtain benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 That this Deponent and declarant was placed upon the Pension roll under the Act of Congress of 18 th March 1818 and was afterwards to wit, July 22 nd 1820 struck from the same on account of the amount of his property as his original certificate & the letter of Mr. Edwards of the Pension office endorsed will show - That he enlisted May 1777 in a company commanded by Capt Jonathan Parker & Regiment command- ed by Col. Charles Webb - The company was afterwards commanded by Capt. Walcott & the Regiment by Col. Isaac Sherman, in the Connecticut Line & been continuously estab- lished in the Revolutionary War for the term of three years, and served out said term of his enlistment, but was the latter part of the time transferred to an Infantry company commanded by Capt. Henry Den Birk - Also enlisted 4 th July 1781 for one year in Capt. David Dorrance's company Col. Isaac Sherman's Reg t

Connecticut line & Continental establishment Revolutionary War, and second out said term agreeable to said enlistment, my discharge from my first tour of duty was lost & from the second was forwarded with my first application for a pension Which said application is now on file in the Pension office in which my service is particularly stated. At the time of said first application I was a resident of said Town of Millington my present place of residence.
Salomon Fenton
I was before me Olisha Stevens Justice of Peace

Tolland County ss Clerks office
I Jeremiah Parish Clerk of Tolland County Court do certify that Elisha Stearns Esq. before whom the foregoing affidavit of Solomon Tilton was this day sworn & authenticated is & for a number of years past has been a Justice of Peace within and for the County of Tolland legally appointed, sworn & empowered to administer oaths — & that the signature to the foregoing certificate purporting to be his is in his own proper hand writing with which I am well acquainted —
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of sd Court at Tolland this 18 th day of July A 1832
Jeremiah Parish Clerk
Hon Lewis Cass,
Secretary of War Sir,
At the request of Mr Solomon Tilton I forward his statement & with the enclosures, his certificate & letter of Mr Edwards, for a pension — please direct to me —
Very Respectfully
Elisha Stearns
Tolland, Conn, July 18 1832

Solomon Fenton Willington Not entitled
12.029.
Sept 1819

STATE OF CONNECTICUT, County of Tolland ss. County Court, or Court of Common Pleas, held by order of the Judge of said Court, on the 27 day of June 1820
ON this 27 day of June 1820, personally appeared in open Court, the same Court being a Court of record for said County, having the power of fine and imprisonment, Solomon Fenton aged 61 years, resident in Willington in the County of Tolland who being first duly sworn according to law doth, on his oath, declare that he served in the Revolutionary War, as follows:
to wit I enlisted on the 26th day of May 1777 a private soldier in Capt Jonathan Parker's company in Col. Charles Webb's Regt. afterwards commenced by Col. Israel Sherman in the Connecticut Line in the Continental Army for the term of three years and served under several Captains in said Regt. until a few days previous to the expiration of said term and received a discharge at Morristown N.J. in 1780 but having lost it - was present active in the battle at Monmouth N.J. - also enlisted the 3rd day of July 1781 in one year in Capt David Dorrance's Co. in Col. Sherman's Regt. connected with Genl. Stark's Detached & joined Capt. John Galt's Co. in Col. Alexander Hamilton's Regt. & participated in the Siege of Yorktown and was there through the days of taking surrender that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March, 1818, and that I have not since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it, as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War," passed on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts, or debts, due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed."
Schedule    107 acres of land in Willington old house and barn under the management of the beneficiary of a lady 79 years of age during her life worth in number 1070,00   1 pair of oxen 50,00 1 cow 19,00 1 horse 26,00 1 sheep 24,00 119,00   4 sheep 75 - 3,00 1 sheep & pig 8,00 11,00   1 horse waggons & harness 30,00 100 cattle 5,00 35,00   2 plows 5,00 200 chains 2,50 1 rake 1,00 8,50   4 axes 4,00 1 shovel 2,00 2 hoes 1,50 7,50   4 old beds 1 lion bed 14,00 14,00   1 clock 10,00 1 chest 3,00 132,25 1 D. 2,400 17,00   iron ware 12,00 100 bush 3,00 600 bush 5,00 20,00   other small articles of small value 30,00   Due from M c Whorter 62,10 (Fenton 12,45 & D r Fenton 43,75 others 12,00 129,76   $1459,01 
Occupation a farmer aged 61 years unable to labour much family a wife aged 44 years has a slender constitution and very feeble Mary Parker aged 79 years unable to labour - one son named Horace aged 14 years - one daughter named Hannah aged 12 years - one daughter named Olive aged 2 years - one hired woman named Lydia Fenton aged 50 years
Owing to society funds cash borrowed    D r Palmer 15,73 Dan t Dimick 12,50 Inst d 3,35 10   Rider & Merrill 7,03 Simon Carpenter 8,80 3,19 43   H Fenton 3,60   Samuel Fenton 19,51 Shepherd Dorrance Johnson 35,50 55,11   Moore 44,83 Caleb Holts 4,46 Small debts 10,00 12,29   John Giltner 7,63 Old Dimick 6,25 & Cracker 4,24 48,12   D r Chester Carpenter 19,05 19,05   249,35   Solomon Fenton 
Sworn to and declared by said Solomon Fenton on the 27 day of June 1820 before said Court, and it is the opinion of said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is
1459 dollars and 1 cents. The amount of the declarant's debts due from him 249 doll, 35 cents and that his circumstances & family are as herein stated
Richard Stearns Clerk of the County Court or Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Tolland aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy of the record of said Court. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court on this 27 day of June 1820
Clerk of the County Court or Court of Common Pleas in and for said County of Tolland

February 18, 1937
Mrs. H. W. Adams R.F.D. #3, Cook Road New London, Ohio
Solomon Fenton S. 13007 BA-J/AWF aw
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of Benjamin and Solomon Fenton, both of Willington, Connecticut.
Revolutionary War data furnished by this office are obtained from claims for pension and bounty land, which have been made to the United States, based upon service in that war. A search of the records fails to show such claims on file on account of the Revolutionary War service of a Benjamin Fenton (Finton), who served with the Connecticut troops.
The record of Solomon Fenton which follows was obtained from papers on file in pension claim, S. 13007, based upon his service in the War of the Revolution.
The date and place of birth of Solomon Fenton were not given, nor were the names of his parents shown.
Solomon Fenton enlisted May 26, 1777, served as a private in Captains Jonathan Parker's, Wolcott's and Henry Ten Eyck's companies, Colonels Charles Webb's and Isaac Sherman's Connecticut regiment; he was in the battle of Monmouth, length of service three years. He enlisted July 3, or 4, 1781, served as a private in Captain David Dorrance's company, Colonel Isaac Sherman's 5th Connecticut regiment, was at the siege of Yorktown and the surrender of

Cornwallis under Captain Lemuel Cleft and Colonel Hamilton, and was discharged near West Point, New York, June 29, 1782, from the 5th Connecticut regiment.
Solomon Fenton was allowed pension on his application executed May 3, 1819, at which time he was sixty years of age and living in Willington, Tolland County, Connecticut.
In 1830, he stated that his wife was forty-four years old, but did not give her name, and referred to his son, Horace, aged fourteen years, his daughter, Hannah, aged twelve years, and his daughter, Olive, aged two years. It was also shown in 1830 that Mary Parker, aged seventy-nine years, and Lydia Fenton, aged fifty years were members of his family, their relationship to the family was not shown. One Samuel Fenton was also referred to in 1830, no relationship stated.
no any data in regard to their marriage
The soldier Solomon Fenton, was in 1832 - living in Willington Farm!
Very truly yours
A. D. MILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator
These claims were made on the original by the surviving son -

Rev War
13.007
1937- Feb. 18 - leish to Mrs H.W. adams s-eg
INVALID.
File No. 13.007 .....
Solomon Tention Rev War
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index:—Vol. .... , Page .....
[Arrangement of 1870.]

12.029 A
Connecticut.
Solomon Fenton
of Willington in the state of Conn. who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel C. Webb of the Connecticut line, for the term of three years.
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 3 rd of May 1819.
Certificate of Pension issued the 18 th of June 1819 and sent to Sylvester Gilbert Esq. Hibernia, Conn.
Arrears to 4th of Sep r 1819. Am t 32.51 Semi-ann. all ce ending . . . . .
$32:51
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Not exhibited
Hebrew bank file 202 1116 Sylvester Gilbert Esq. Hibernia, Conn.

Solomon Fenton S. 13007
This case is not identical with Solomon Fenton W. 17120.
Residence different A.W. Rice
MAR 25 1911

1 Casn 3888 Sylvester Gilbert In age 40 years Holliston Conn Recd May 19/82
Full Name & May 19/82
The Honorable J. H. Calhoun Secretary of War
Solomon Fenton priv. Col. C. Mibb afterwards I. Sherman's regt. Connecticut line May '77 for 3 years. discharged - 1882.
on role Admitted

Solomon Fenton of Willington in the County of Tolland in Connecticut a citizen of the United States being Sixty years old, Testifies & declares that on the 26 th day of May A.D. 1777 he enlisted into the Continental Army in Cap t Jonathan Parkers Company & Col. Charles Webbs Reg t but sd Regiment was soon after commanded by Col. Isaac Sherman in the Connecticut Line. He enlisted for three years That he joined sd Comp y & Regim t & served under several Captains which succeeded each other in sd Reg t for & during the term of three years, & was honourably discharged at Morristown in New Jersey some days before the expiration of sd three years, by the sd Col Sherman; but has lost sd discharge He faithfully served in the revolutionary war on the continental establishment against the common enemy during the term aforesaid and was present & active in the battle at Monmouth in New Jersey
He also declares that on the 3 rd day of July 1781 he enlisted into the Continental Army in the 6 th Comp y & 5 th Regim t in the Connecticut line of the revolutionary Army for the term of one year & that he joined & served in sd Reg t faithfully against the common enemy till the 29 th day of June 1782 when he was discharged from service by Lieut. Col. J. Sherman as will appear by his writing under his hand, accompanying this Declara- tion. He declares that he is reduced in his circum- stances in life & is in need of the assistance of his coun- try for support. Dated at Hebron May 3 rd 1819
Solomon Fenton

State of Connecticut ss Tolland County May 3 rd 1819
Personally appeared the within named Solomon Fenton & being duly sworn made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing Declaration by him subscribed before me
Sylvester Gilbert presiding Judge of County Court
I Sylvester Gilbert Judge as aforesaid, do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the sd Solomon Fenton did serve in the revolutionary war as stated in the preceding Declaration against the common enemy, and that he is reduced in his circumstances in life & in need of assistance from his Country for support & that I now transmitt the proceedings & testimony had & taken before me to the Secretary of the Department of War pursuant to the directions of the act of Congress in that case provided Dated at Hebron in the County of Tolland in Connecticut this 3 rd day of May A.D. 1819
Sylvester Gilbert Judge of Tolland County Court
State of Connecticut ss Tolland County
I Elisha Stearns Clerk of the County Court for said County do hereby certify that the above named Sylvester Gilbert is Judge of the County Court for said County and that the above purporting to be his signature is his proper handwriting In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of said Court this 10 th day of May A.D. 1819 E Stearns Clerk

Certify that Solomon Henson Soldier in the 5 th Conn t Regiment has served within four days of the term for which he enlisted - Do recommend him for discharge 29 th June 1862 Your Obed t Serv t David Donnelley Col d Command g Sherman
Solomon Henson for in the 5 th Connecticut Regiment having served within three  four days of the time for which he engaged, is hereby discharged the Army - Cannon Village - Highland Israel Sherman Lt Col Com d 29 th June 1862 5 th Conn t reg t 

This may certify that the within named Skelton, has released his arms &c. June 29 th 1775.
Chas. Sanford Esq.
Solomon Fenton P. File 13007 Coon.

Solomon Henson
Payable semi-annually. The first payment on this Certificate will be made on the 4th of September next, in Middletown at the Branch Bank U.S.

War Department.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I CERTIFY that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th of March, 1818,
Solomon Perton late a private in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Connecticut Agency, at the rate of eight dollars per month, to commence on the third day of May one thousand eight hundred and nineteen .
GIVEN at the War Office of the United States, this eighteenth day of June , one thousand eight hundred and nineteen .
J. L. Edwards
in the absence and on behalf of the Secretary of War.

Sol o Fenton

War Department, 12,029.
PENSION OFFICE,
July 22 a 1820
SIR,
You are hereby informed that the Secretary of War does not, on account of the amount of your property, consider you entitled to a Pension under the Acts of the 18th March, 1818, and 1st May, 1820; and has, therefore, directed your name to be stricken from the Pension List.
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. Edwards
To Mr. Solomon Fenton,
Willington,
Conn

Nootka 1/1/37 am John R. Fenton Inf. - WC-1236262 Solomon (W. Rev.) Benjamin (Pers. War) 11-20-37 End

Coer
New London Ohio
Jan. 26, 1937 Reference Number John Fenton B.A.H.B. 801
Dear Sir,
Will ask if John R. Fenton son of John Fenton R ever drew pension for service in Civil War, from 1865 or whenever he started to 1882 in Mich. & from 1882 after in Corry Pa., Waterford Pa., Greenville Pa., or Union City Pa. & if he did can you give me his birth date, when he ceased receiving pension, am trying hard to locate my father's people, also his birth place if possible. Thank you for your trouble. Also if you can give me any records of Solomon Fenton born in 18 Wellington Conn. & Benjamin Fenton born there to & fought in Rev. War. Their birth dates, which are around 1749 to 1760. Respectfully Mrs. H.W. Adams, R.F.D. 3 New London O.

20 No other 2/1/37 am John R. Fenton
Inf - WC-1236262
Salomon } W Rec (Rev. Benjamin } Pens (War)
1/20/37 Emp

February 4, 1937.
BAHB 801
Mrs. H. W. Adams, R.F.D. #3, Cook Road, New London, Ohio.
FENTON, John
Dear Madam:
In reply to your communication of January 26, 1937, you are informed that this office does not have any record of pension payments having been made to anyone based on the Civil War service of John Fenton.
Your inquiry regarding Solomon Fenton and Benjamin Fenton, Revolutionary War veterans, will be answered under separate cover.
By direction,
W. C. BLACK, Chief Clerk.